The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.
John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012
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John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Chemical Brothers nominated by film music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:37 am · February 10th, 2012
This year’s list of International Film Music Critics Association nominees was predictably dominated by John Williams, who landed seven nominations across the various categories for his two Oscar-nominated scores: “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse.” Not too far back with five nods was “The Artist” composer Ludovic Bource.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Music (Original Score)
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:17 am · February 7th, 2012
While the music branch’s choices (or lack thereof) in Best Original Song could be considered shocking, the opposite was true about their final five in Best Original Score. Three of the titles are Best Picture nominees, the branch’s favorite composer of all time is double-nominated yet again and all but one of the finalists have been nominated previously.
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Round-up: Nursing a Golden Globes hangover
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:45 am · January 16th, 2012
Also: Foreign Oscar outliers, and why the Globes beat the Oscars
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Pre-Globes party weekend: Weinstein, AFI, Paramount, Film Independent and BAFTA do it up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:45 pm · January 14th, 2012
Leading into tomorrow’s Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Hollywood has been all abuzz with events aimed at making the most of having talent in town for the big awards show weekend.
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'The Artist' and the 'Vertigo' score: separating theft from tribute
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:57 pm · January 9th, 2012
The trumped-up non-controversy is a ritual that many Best Picture frontrunners go through at some point: cue Kim Novak accusing “The Artist” of “raping” the memory of “Vertigo” by sampling Bernard Herrmann’s famous score. But where she sees sees artistic theft, the filmmakers see artistic tribute.
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'Drive,' 'A Better Life' and 'Attack the Block' among scores not eligible for Oscar this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:03 pm · December 22nd, 2011
The Academy has announced a list of 97 film scores eligible for consideration in the Best Original Score category this year. Typically, it’s this announcement that brings the bad news of this or that score either not being submitted or being ruled ineligible for whatever reason.
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Tech Support: John Williams charges back to lead the field of Best Original Score hopefuls
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:07 am · November 24th, 2011
In this week’s installment of Tech Support, we turn our gaze toward Best Original Score. Those in the hunt include John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, Howard Shore and Alberto Iglesias.
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